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Look up Mark Essex, he had the correct approach!
So can China take back Mongolia?
No, there is nothing to take back because Republic of China officially recognized (Outer) Mongolia's independence in 1945. And People's Republic of China reaffirmed it in 1950.
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I see where you want go with it. USSR took Crimea from Russian SSR and gave it to Ukraine SSR. I am sure even in the USSR time, Russians would not want to do it, but have to. But unfortunately, ROC willingly and officially gave up (outer) Mongolia without a fight and protest leaving no chance for the future.
There are more Mongolians in China than in Mongolia. In fact there are more Mongolians in China than on the rest of the Earth combined.
There are some ~3.4 million Mongolians in Mongolia. The number of households is under 800,000. The GDP per capita is ~$4k. Giving each Mongolian household $100k would amount to a one-time cost of $80 billion for China. I think a whole lot of Mongolians would be happy to accept such a sum in return for voting for annexation in a referendum, and in fact they would be getting a better life and equal rights in a country which has been as much a part of their civilization as vice versa.
They would be living in a country as equal citizens with a future ahead of them that surpasses any nation before it in Human history, instead of just doing what Mongolians do in Mongolia which is basically more of nothing. Also I doubt that all Mongolians would take up such an offer so the cost would be less than $80 billion anyway. You just need >50% or >66% if they make it two-thirds supermajority.
True. But in UN charter there is also the self-determination clause where 90% of Crimea population can choose to join Russia. We all know this clause has been used for Kosovans to break away from Serbia, but denied to the Serbs in Bosnia, Catalans and Basks in Spain, Irish in Northern Ireland. So the question is who has the right and who doesn't? What is that "done is done"? The only thing I can see is that so long as people disagree with the status quo, no amount of written principles is going to keep that status quo. The law has to be just and squarely applied, but it is not, law is only valid if people agree to it. For this reason, I wouldn't bother much about the "right or wrong" argument for practical matters.
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I would like to see that happen, but that is totally up to the Mongolian population because they wanted to break away in the 1920s with the Soviet's help. Let's be clear, it was not just the Soviet's meddling, the Mongolian upper class wanted. Same as 13th Dalai Lama and people surrounding him. Tibet remained in China only because Mao send PLA in before the 14th Dalai Lam could get his sponsors to arm him and International recognition.
This is also the reason why the entire Central Asian and Eastern Europe countries are racing to eradicate Russian culture/language from their populations.
This is considered (in their opinion) as their number 1 national security risk